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Nyctaginia capitata

devil's-bouquet, scarlet musk-flower
Stems

repeatedly forked, 10–90 cm.
Leaves

petiole 1–8 cm;

blade subtriangular, rarely ovate, 3–13 × 1–11 cm, base broadly obtuse, truncate-cordate, or occasionally hastate, margins sinuate and undulate, often crispate, apex acuminate or acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely viscid-villous adaxially, glaucous abaxially, veins usually sparsely viscid-villous.
Inflorescences

peduncle 2–14 cm;

involucral bracts 6–15 mm.
Flowers

perianth of chasmogamous flowers bright orange-red, mottled or streaked with yellow, rarely all yellow, 20–40 × 10–16 mm;

stamens nearly 2 times length of perianth.
Fruits

5–8 × 3.5–4 mm.

Nyctaginia capitata
Phenology Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat Dry, sandy or loamy soils, arid grasslands, shrublands, roadsides
Elevation 200-1600 m (700-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León)
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Discussion

Nyctaginia capitata apparently has been introduced in the vicinity of Dallas, Texas.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 58.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Nyctaginia
Name authority Choisy: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 429. (1849)
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